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the pentagon has moved expand its cyber security efforts. i have to talk about colorado. the air force academy is well positioned to train those new experts. would you talk a little more on your take on cyber security and what sort of resources we need. >> i've been to those facilities in colorado a few times and don't know as much about them as you do, but i am familiar with them. they are essential to our national security. cyber, i believe represents as big a threat to the security of this country as any one specific threat. for all the reasons this committee understands. it's an insidious, quiet, kind of a threat that we have never quite seen before. it can paralyze a nation in a second. not just a power grid or banking system. but it can knock out satellites. it can take down computers on all our carrier battle ships and do tremendous damage to our national security apparatus. that is the larger threat. but when you start defining it down, this body, i know. i watched it. it went through a pretty agonizing three months at the end of 2012 trying to find a bill they co
the pentagon has moved expand its cyber security efforts. i have to talk about colorado. the air force academy is well positioned to train those new experts. would you talk a little more on your take on cyber security and what sort of resources we need. >> i've been to those facilities in colorado a few times and don't know as much about them as you do, but i am familiar with them. they are essential to our national security. cyber, i believe represents as big a threat to the security of...
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what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy from the united nations, brahimi and will meet with the russian foreign minister and with the syrian national council. >> so far out of this building, while they're keeping many of the details close to the vest, we're not hearing any kind of condemnation, criticism, any negative response. in fact, according to one senior military official who we can only identify that way because they're not authorized to speak on the record of this subject, all they could say about it was, you know, the israelis, above anyone else, usually gets these things right. >> no condemnation at all. in fact, from a white house briefing that we just had, a background in advance of joe biden agency trip, they're not criticizing it at all there. they're very much on board. thank you, all of you, and joining me now from more on senator hagel's confirmation hearin
what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy from the united nations, brahimi and will meet with the russian foreign minister and with the syrian national council. >> so far out of this building, while they're keeping many of the details close to the vest, we're not hearing any kind of condemnation, criticism, any negative response....
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the pentagon is not overly concerned. according to one senior defense official we at least see the russians as rational actors. >> how rational the russians will stay if vladimir putin keeps his word and said i'll -- >> it's not clear. the pentagon claims they're not too concerned about this russian warships right now. >> neil: the same pentagon that seems to be confused as to who and which rebel wes like and don't like? >> certainly not a clear picture of the rebels. >> neil: thank you very much. jennifer griffin, she's been all over this. >>> take a look at this. >> i believe that when you have a limited proportional strike like this, not iraq, not putting boots on the ground, not some long, drawn-out affair, not without any risks, but with manageable risks, that we should be able to bear that responsibility. >> neil: the president saying no boots on the ground, among reports saying it could take 75,000 troops to assure the chemical weapons stockpile. so which is it? strike plans keep changing as foreign policy analyst
the pentagon is not overly concerned. according to one senior defense official we at least see the russians as rational actors. >> how rational the russians will stay if vladimir putin keeps his word and said i'll -- >> it's not clear. the pentagon claims they're not too concerned about this russian warships right now. >> neil: the same pentagon that seems to be confused as to who and which rebel wes like and don't like? >> certainly not a clear picture of the rebels....
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foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american policy u.s. attacks on iran a quote taking a page from the playbook on ukraine and georgia america's training a rainy and terrorists knows the b.b.c. responsible for thousands of assassinations but as soon as the pentagon began funding them hillary clinton took the terrorist group off the official terrorist list basic medicines are being slowed by u.s. sanctions on iran the guardian reports this is putting literally millions of lives at risk leading war crimes prosecutor professor francis boyle warns iran's children going down the pulse of iraq u.s. sanctions since th
foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american...
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that is 60 percent of what they want to take out of the pentagon. why do we do that? with the leadership to say we get this stopped? we have a special committee to look at this, oversight would get the bad actors we will demand the people who make those decisions get fired and company's nonperforming pay the money back. none of that happens. you can defraud the federal government, not performing a contract and do it with impunity because members of congress are basically not willing or inexperienced to not know you could hold people accountable for
that is 60 percent of what they want to take out of the pentagon. why do we do that? with the leadership to say we get this stopped? we have a special committee to look at this, oversight would get the bad actors we will demand the people who make those decisions get fired and company's nonperforming pay the money back. none of that happens. you can defraud the federal government, not performing a contract and do it with impunity because members of congress are basically not willing or...
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chilling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll on democracy. why is john kerry's assistant finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington's quote. star sat i know. when to call them there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks back home they were racists enslaving whole nations and resources they reassure the public through mainstream media that they were quote civilizing the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but in practice the west continuing to governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government rose washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the lead tip of the icebergs u.s. senate says like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protesters while assistant secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and these are the reali
chilling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll on democracy. why is john kerry's assistant finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington's quote. star sat i know. when to call them there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks back home they were racists enslaving whole nations and resources they reassure the public through mainstream media that they were...
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chris lawrence from pentagon. thank you. appreciate it. >>> samantha power is expected to speak about syria and her concerns over the inaction at the united nations. we'll have live remarks at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> a look at bashar's father, next. [ male announcer ] it's the adt end of summer sale. labor day is here, and getting back to a predictable routine can leave your home vulnerable when you're not there. help protect it with adt security starting at just $49 installed, a savings of $250. but hurry. this offer ends september 9th. call right now or visit adt.com. this is a fire that didn't destroy a home. this is a break-in that didn't devastate a family. this is the reason why. adt. you can't predict when bad things will happen, but you can help protect yourself with the fast alarm response of adt, with 24/7 monitoring against burglary, fire, and high levels of carbon monoxide starting at just over $1 a day. this is the computer that didn't get stolen, keeping priceless photos and financial records safe. this is the r
chris lawrence from pentagon. thank you. appreciate it. >>> samantha power is expected to speak about syria and her concerns over the inaction at the united nations. we'll have live remarks at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> a look at bashar's father, next. [ male announcer ] it's the adt end of summer sale. labor day is here, and getting back to a predictable routine can leave your home vulnerable when you're not there. help protect it with adt security starting at just $49 installed,...
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so that story is of the pentagon and i will ask -- and will tell you one more. we went to national tennessee to the bar in is to giving a talk to the school and a young man came to pick us up at the airport in was a teacher of the school. nice shoes, a lovely hair cut, a nice car, we thought we had him figured out. got it made. no problem. what does he know? we got in his car and he said mr. hunter i saw the film "world peace and other 4th-grade achievements." i like to that i said that is very nice. thank you. what did you like about it? he said white you write the students -- have the students write a letter the military commander, in the game the way to the troops in battle may be shed right to a letter home to explain what happened in to offer condolences. they don't take it seriously baryta couple paragraphs but this gentleman said i like that that you have them write the letter. wires that? he said because up in tel a year and a half ago i was a marine military commander i fought in afghanistan and iraq i did several tour i bought -- fought in the battle o
so that story is of the pentagon and i will ask -- and will tell you one more. we went to national tennessee to the bar in is to giving a talk to the school and a young man came to pick us up at the airport in was a teacher of the school. nice shoes, a lovely hair cut, a nice car, we thought we had him figured out. got it made. no problem. what does he know? we got in his car and he said mr. hunter i saw the film "world peace and other 4th-grade achievements." i like to that i said...
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from the white house, the pentagon and middle east. plans for a potential u.s. military strike on syria are clearly proving to be a tough sell here at home. arizona senator john mccain who ran against president obama for the white house warns a no vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since the alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed for man 1400 people including more than 400 children. and secretary of state john kerry says u.s. intelligence concluded with high confidence the syrian government was responsible. over this weekend, president obama has said he has decided to seek approval from members of congress before launching a strike. even though he beliefs he does not need their approval. today the president met with lawmakers including his former rival on the campaign trail. republican senator john mccain ace mentioned after their meeting. senator mccain said the administration is pushing a goal it says degrade and upgrade. >> we do want an articulation of a goal that
from the white house, the pentagon and middle east. plans for a potential u.s. military strike on syria are clearly proving to be a tough sell here at home. arizona senator john mccain who ran against president obama for the white house warns a no vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since the alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed for man 1400 people including more than 400 children. and secretary of...
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about a week later we got a phone call and he said we would like you to bring students to the pentagon, get some ideas. so my students rose to the challenge to be prepared for the real world and the staff chief and a staff member said economic political and social issues that we were assigned to created a paper full of information as we walked down the hall. it was a top-secret dossier. and we have all this stuff and we were met by a room full of policy people. we spent the entire morning with the students having a policy discussion with a 9-year-old veteran diplomat. this is how we handle them, what we do and the students would answer and how we handle this with climate change considerations on what you do and the students would answer. it was an amazing experience and the scenes are kids having a great time, taking a tour, thrilled about the building of the pentagon targeted during the cold war and it turned out to be a hot dog stand and after this there was a door open for us to usher into this secretary leon panetta it was warm and affable and he welcomed the students into his offi
about a week later we got a phone call and he said we would like you to bring students to the pentagon, get some ideas. so my students rose to the challenge to be prepared for the real world and the staff chief and a staff member said economic political and social issues that we were assigned to created a paper full of information as we walked down the hall. it was a top-secret dossier. and we have all this stuff and we were met by a room full of policy people. we spent the entire morning with...
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it's not the message that got the pentagon talking it's how it was delivered. chris lawrence joins me now with more. this is fascinating and a little bit alarming. >> reporter: you're right, john. this wasn't some on camera statement or e-mailed press release. the group temporarily hacked into a marine corps re kruting website, basically urging marines not to attack syria. it's signed "your brothers, the syrian army soldiers." we have reached out to marine corps officials. they have not had an official comment yet. i can tell you this temporary hack did include photos of people in military uniforms, u.s. military uniforms holding up signs that said things like i didn't join the marine corps to fight for al qaeda in a syrian civil war. the message seems to be appealing to patriotism arguing it's the syrian army fighting inside syria and the they should be an ally not enemy. take a look. obama is a traitor who wants to put your lives in danger. refuse your orders. concentrate on the real reason every soldier joins the military to defend their homeland. this syria
it's not the message that got the pentagon talking it's how it was delivered. chris lawrence joins me now with more. this is fascinating and a little bit alarming. >> reporter: you're right, john. this wasn't some on camera statement or e-mailed press release. the group temporarily hacked into a marine corps re kruting website, basically urging marines not to attack syria. it's signed "your brothers, the syrian army soldiers." we have reached out to marine corps officials. they...
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the pentagon has claimed bristol can be fced to testify because he is rired. the marine corporation times says that is entirely inaccurate reporting that he is on active duty through the end of this month. the senate foreign relations committee is expected to vote next week on some of the powowe, the president's nominee to become ambassador to the united nations. expected to be confirmed despite evading questions over her past remarks suggesting the united states should, among other things, apologize for its sense. >> we have nothing to apologize for. >>re you don't have any in mind now that we have committed or sponsored? >> i will not apologize for america. i will stand there proudly of confirmed behind the u.s. packard. >> i understand, b do you believe the united states has committed or sponsor crimes? >> heavily the as it's the greatest country on earth. lou: could be forgiven for thinki that the person that he was addressing his questions to was an imposter. joining us now, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and a fox is contributor john bolton
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also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten everything they wanted and more. we've taken priority, we've taken dollars, policies out of the state department and a number of other departments and put them over in defense. " that comment was after the sequestration. now, 18 months later if this nomination is approved it would be running and again -- where do we find those bloated things in the defense department and when will are you prioritizing? another way to ask what mrs. fisher was asking, are we going to let money drive strategy or strategy drive the money? as secretary of defense, which of those possessions are you g
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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us with more on the military maneuver that we should know about. there are reports that assad is hiding military assets in civilian populations. the military leaders have assured him strikes would be effective a month from now. how confident are officials at the pentagon that you're hearing from, the president isn't waiting too long? >> very. one official told us that if the syrian regime thinks it's going to get benefit out of this delay, they're sorely mistaken. the confidence comes from the fact that they feel they have 24 hour surveillance over syria, the technology to hit precise locations, and they feel that assad cannot hide some of his major assets. they say he does not have the fortified underground bunkers to stash attack helicopters and planes and you can't position and park many of those next to an urban school or a mosque. on the other hand, i spoke with the former general who commanded the air operation over kosovo who says the delay is making it more likely you're getting a cruse missile strike that will destroy the defense mi
pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us with more on the military maneuver that we should know about. there are reports that assad is hiding military assets in civilian populations. the military leaders have assured him strikes would be effective a month from now. how confident are officials at the pentagon that you're hearing from, the president isn't waiting too long? >> very. one official told us that if the syrian regime thinks it's going to get benefit out of this delay,...
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from the white house, the pentagon and the middle east. plans for a potential military strike on syria are clearly a tough sell here at home, but arizona senator john mccain, who ran against president obama for the white house, warns a no-vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since at alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed more than 1,400 people, including more than 400 children. and secretary of state john kerry says u.s. intelligence concluded with high confidence the syrian government was responsible. over this weekend, president obama has said he's decided to seek approval from members of congress before launching a strike, even though he believes he does not need their approval. today the president met with lawmakers, including his former rival on the campaign trail, republican senator john mccain, as i mentioned. after their meeting, senator mccain said the administration is pushing a goal it calls degrade and upgrade. >> we do want an articu
from the white house, the pentagon and the middle east. plans for a potential military strike on syria are clearly a tough sell here at home, but arizona senator john mccain, who ran against president obama for the white house, warns a no-vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since at alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed more than 1,400 people, including more than 400 children. and secretary of state...
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i want to bring in cnn's pentagon correspondent, barbara starr and foreign affairs reporter. barbara, let me start with you. we should say, barbara, as far is there any sense that they were targeted because they were obviously u.s. aircraft or because there are a lot of 17 and 18-year-old rebels just firing at anything in the air? >> well, this is the question to which there's no answer at the moment. gunmen would have seen the american flag perhaps painted on the side of the aircraft. the feeling is the aircraft were targeted whatever the motivation was. we've gotten word from a u.s. senior official these united nations flights the out of this very violent region, the united nations flights that took place earlier today did include some americans so the sense of it now in the last few minutes is that some american civilians likely now are out of bor. the u.n. said it was relocating all its essential staff out of that area because the violence is so bad. the so we will see in the coming hours if there are still american civilians there, how many, how they might decide to get
i want to bring in cnn's pentagon correspondent, barbara starr and foreign affairs reporter. barbara, let me start with you. we should say, barbara, as far is there any sense that they were targeted because they were obviously u.s. aircraft or because there are a lot of 17 and 18-year-old rebels just firing at anything in the air? >> well, this is the question to which there's no answer at the moment. gunmen would have seen the american flag perhaps painted on the side of the aircraft....
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the pentagon would be adjusting their targets. it's a difficult case to make because chemical weapons facility cases can empty. >> dempsey has expressed skepticism publicly and privately about the effectiveness of this potential attack. what is he going to say today? senators will bring that up. >> he wrote a letter saying that any action would amount to a serious act of war. what the pentagon is saying he was a skeptic not of a limited strike. a skeptic of a mass operation like no-fly zone and boots on the ground. >> all right. good to have you on board. >> thank you. >>> the u.n. says a syrian becomes a refugee every 15 seconds. the numbers are staggering. we'll hear about some of the horrors women refugees are facing. >>> at the united nations, the secretary general is dealing with it. the u.n. has been collecting evidence of a chemical weapons attack in syria and it's being shipped to the hague for analysis. secretary of state john kerry says samples collected show signatures of sarin gas. the united nations says there's anoth
the pentagon would be adjusting their targets. it's a difficult case to make because chemical weapons facility cases can empty. >> dempsey has expressed skepticism publicly and privately about the effectiveness of this potential attack. what is he going to say today? senators will bring that up. >> he wrote a letter saying that any action would amount to a serious act of war. what the pentagon is saying he was a skeptic not of a limited strike. a skeptic of a mass operation like...
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also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten everything they wanted and more. we've taken priority, we've taken dollars, policies out of the state department and a number of other departments and put them over in defense. " that comment was after the sequestration. now, 18 months later if this nomination is approved it would be running and again -- where do we find those bloated things in the defense department and when will are you prioritizing? another way to ask what mrs. fisher was asking, are we going to let money drive strategy or strategy drive the money? as secretary of defense, which of those possessions are you g
also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten...
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government, not just those at the pentagon while this partial government shutdown is in place. it seems to be offiif there is analysis to be made here that apparently republicans are starting to realize that the scope of the federal government into ordinary americans lives is becoming more apparent to americans, particularly those who vote for these same members of congress and so, you see them actually pushing forward all of these efforts to try to pay for programs as opposed to doing what the obama administration wants, which is simply bring everyone back to work as soon as possible. >> ross, thanks very much indeed. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has warned it could affect the country at an international level. he has been taking the place of barack obama in barley. the president had to cancel his trip because of the shutdown. one of the issues is a controversial u.s.-led trade deal which has been criticized potentially pushing out smaller markets. worse, some say the trade agreement would make matters worse. from lima, the capital and the largest city in peru. >> edwin
government, not just those at the pentagon while this partial government shutdown is in place. it seems to be offiif there is analysis to be made here that apparently republicans are starting to realize that the scope of the federal government into ordinary americans lives is becoming more apparent to americans, particularly those who vote for these same members of congress and so, you see them actually pushing forward all of these efforts to try to pay for programs as opposed to doing what the...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim slushinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's faces and we begin to write that bill
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim slushinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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. >> chuck hagel and the battle for the pentagon. >> the good news is, for the first time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together. >> the immigration problem. has somebody been reading exit polls? >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> also, the fight over -- over guns. >> law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violence or deranged criminals. >> the word on hillary in 2016. will she or won't she? >> i have no plans to run. >> thursday was not a good day for chuck hagel, president obama's choice to be his next offensive material. his old pal and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain jumped all over him for opposing the search --the surge in iraq. >> were you correct or not to say that the surge would be the month dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question? the question is, where you're right or wrong? that is a pretty straightforward question. i would like for you to answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elabor
. >> chuck hagel and the battle for the pentagon. >> the good news is, for the first time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together. >> the immigration problem. has somebody been reading exit polls? >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> also, the fight over -- over guns. >> law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violence or deranged criminals. >> the word on hillary in 2016....
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the pentagon is ensuring that president obama has military options available. he has met with advisers to consider actions following an alleged chemical attack blamed on the syrian government. three destroyers are currently deployed, with reports of another is on the way, all of them carrying up to 300 cruise missiles, which is more than enough to act rapidly if obama wants to order the strike. there is also the nato maritime group, which includes four more ships. and if we look at the mainland, the u.s. and western allies military presence around syria is also very significant. we are following america's military willingness. >> it appears the u.s. is no longer just using words to address these. crisis. they are pointing to possible military action now being deliberated. despite the fact the unconfirmed reports made by the syrian rebels not been verified, president obama has called recent allegations of chemical weapons being used by the syrian government a big event of grave concern. white house officials say the u.s. has a range of options and the administra
the pentagon is ensuring that president obama has military options available. he has met with advisers to consider actions following an alleged chemical attack blamed on the syrian government. three destroyers are currently deployed, with reports of another is on the way, all of them carrying up to 300 cruise missiles, which is more than enough to act rapidly if obama wants to order the strike. there is also the nato maritime group, which includes four more ships. and if we look at the...
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military force which congress enacted days after nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one at a hearing pentagon officials claimed that authorization gives the president power to wage endless war anywhere in the world including syria yemen and the congo and when asked how long they predict this war on terror is going to last they said quote from ten to twenty years of the you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a worldwide struggle. absolutely sure that would you agree with me the battlefield is were the enemy chooses to make it. yes sir from boston the two. so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian pitz with production brian you have president obama saying in his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states th
military force which congress enacted days after nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one at a hearing pentagon officials claimed that authorization gives the president power to wage endless war anywhere in the world including syria yemen and the congo and when asked how long they predict this war on terror is going to last they said quote from ten to twenty years of the you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a worldwide struggle. absolutely sure...
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jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepherd, before the first tomahawk has been fired there appears to be mission creet. u.s. military trainers started setting up a program to train the syrian opposition in jordan in march. one of the major obstacles in launching this type of operation according to u.s.ish ifs is they are having serious problems with trustworthy groups, the main reason the cia has not provided weapons to the syrian opposition until now. the training of the rebels is not part of the limited airstrikes being considered. >> there are no plans right now, we are not contemplating the boots on the ground in syria. i will say to this section of the audience there are no plans for boots on the ground when it comes to military operations that we are contemplating right now. there are no boots on the ground planned right now. >> u.s. officials say their consideration to broaden training of the syrian operation is not a, quote, grand bargain with senator john mccain who met with the president on monday and the
jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepherd, before the first tomahawk has been fired there appears to be mission creet. u.s. military trainers started setting up a program to train the syrian opposition in jordan in march. one of the major obstacles in launching this type of operation according to u.s.ish ifs is they are having serious problems with trustworthy groups, the main reason the cia has not provided weapons to the syrian opposition until now. the training of...
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i speak for the chairman and every leader in the pentagon, so it is my sense that it does purport with our requirements, add anything? >> happy to have someone give you a lay down of the lay of the land, what we've done this year and why and where it's going. i'alo sy ballistic missile e is an in.stment it's also -- it can get to be extraordinarily expensive, and so what we have to do is balance defense and offense. i often use the phrase that at some point, you have to stop worrying about the arrow and start worrying about the archer, and i suggest to the potential adversaries we have not forgotten, that we also have capabilities to deal with the archer. >> thank you. i look forward 20 that ongoing discussion, and i would think all three of you for being here, thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cruz. relative to the facilities overseas that are being closed, we do have rules as to the reimbursement to us forthe ovemenn vera facility, and issued a committee report, we hope you'll take up a showing of failure to achieve we're burst away in the way it's to be made, and it's g
i speak for the chairman and every leader in the pentagon, so it is my sense that it does purport with our requirements, add anything? >> happy to have someone give you a lay down of the lay of the land, what we've done this year and why and where it's going. i'alo sy ballistic missile e is an in.stment it's also -- it can get to be extraordinarily expensive, and so what we have to do is balance defense and offense. i often use the phrase that at some point, you have to stop worrying...
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victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that the entire committee has given to this. it has been very helpful to us. i want to say that i look forward to our next chance to have you and other people with prosecutorial experience over to the pentagon as we have done before and get your thoughts and show you what we are doing, get your expertise. i think that >> is a productive opportunity. >>you do not need to worry about me being invited. -- i think that is a productive opportunity. >> you do not need to worry about me being invited. you guys are calling plays on this. i was
victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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. >> officials have complained against relentless cyber spying that has penetrated the pentagon's weapons systems. she can retort that obama as concerns our hypocritical. concerns are hypocritical. deploy a highly sophisticated digital weapon against iran. it infected iranian computers that control centrifuges making enriched nuclear fuel. the attack caused machinery to break out and set back the iranian nuclear program. an inch --ber of operations should conform to international law. but the existence of the directive is a major step at turning the internet itself into a weapon of war. >> wrapping up the show a week before the presidential election before the televised debate. >> will the glitz and glamour hobby worth it? a reminder of the top stories. it is on top of its earlier this year. hisck obama has defended administration's saying it struck the right balance between security and privacy. large areas of central europe could be higher than the $15 billion from one -- 2002 for record floods. the hungarian capital covered parts of southern germany. to threaten german towns and cities
. >> officials have complained against relentless cyber spying that has penetrated the pentagon's weapons systems. she can retort that obama as concerns our hypocritical. concerns are hypocritical. deploy a highly sophisticated digital weapon against iran. it infected iranian computers that control centrifuges making enriched nuclear fuel. the attack caused machinery to break out and set back the iranian nuclear program. an inch --ber of operations should conform to international law. but...
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david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> pelley: and that's the best for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs old bay bridge. one week away from a brand new bridgd a brand new >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> tonight the kpix 5 countdown clock tells the story. just two days away from saying good-bye to the old eastern span of the bay bridge. one week away from a brand-new bridge and a brand-new commute. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we have team coverage on the bay bridge closure. mark kelly is on the golden gate bridge where traffic is expected to pick up starting on wednesday. but we begin with phil matier with the logistics for the grand opening. >> today they announced that the grand opening was going to be at 3:00 on monday. >> reporter: that's when they're going to have this ceremony. they also let it be known that the bridge itself could open up a couple of hours after that if they clean up and if the weather cooperates. two big pieces of news. they als
david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> pelley: and that's the best for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs old bay bridge. one week away from a brand new bridgd a brand new >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> tonight the kpix 5 countdown clock tells the story. just two days away from saying good-bye to the old eastern span of the bay bridge. one week away from a brand-new bridge and a...
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and, of course, remembering 9/11 at the world trade center site and the pentagon, as well. you know, what is interesting and a little troubling i suppose is that you were able to find one of the people that authorities were looking for when it came to the benghazi attack but nobody has been arrested. >> reporter: that's right. and it's been a year. to some degree, a lot of critics of the obama administration will say that this is completely inexcusable, especially given that the fbi last named a prime suspect, ahmed, the individual that we were able to meet with when we were in benghazi back in may. this is a man not even bothering to try to hide. he does not feel as if anyone is going to be coming after him. he spoke to us quite openly for a few hours. he denies any sort of direct involvement in coordinating the attack but does admit that he was on scene. of course, the big question raised in all of this is, if he is not in fact a suspect, if he was not, in fact, involved at the very least, he is a key witness. why has no one reaped out to him just yet. herein lies the inn
and, of course, remembering 9/11 at the world trade center site and the pentagon, as well. you know, what is interesting and a little troubling i suppose is that you were able to find one of the people that authorities were looking for when it came to the benghazi attack but nobody has been arrested. >> reporter: that's right. and it's been a year. to some degree, a lot of critics of the obama administration will say that this is completely inexcusable, especially given that the fbi last...
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these are some of the questions secretary kerry and his team, now including a pentagon wmd expert, will be addressing and testing with their russian counterparts in geneva. jake. >> thanks, jim. back with us to dig deeper into this third option is republican senator lindsay graham along with our panel, dana bash, jessica yellin and gloria borger. senator graham, you have already stated you don't trust the russians. i have to say the number of members of congress flocking to embrace this plan from putin, not to mention members of the administration, i can't help but feel that there's a certain desperation there to get out of this pickle as opposed to a real optimism that this could work. am i being cynical? >> no. >> well, yes. but maybe deserved so. but let's look at in all honesty, do you believe the russians have been affected by the threat of a strike in syria? i think that's a possibility. why not try it? everything that the peace outlined is true. but if you could secure the weapons in a couple of months, i don't care if it takes a couple of years to destroy them, the world would b
these are some of the questions secretary kerry and his team, now including a pentagon wmd expert, will be addressing and testing with their russian counterparts in geneva. jake. >> thanks, jim. back with us to dig deeper into this third option is republican senator lindsay graham along with our panel, dana bash, jessica yellin and gloria borger. senator graham, you have already stated you don't trust the russians. i have to say the number of members of congress flocking to embrace this...
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secretary hagel, in the "wall street journal" today, we read the following "pentagon planners were stricted not to offer strike options that could help drive mr. assad from power. the big concern is the wrong groups in the opposition would be able to take advantage of it a senior military officer said. is there any truth to that. >> as i said, the president asked us for a range of options. >> i'm asking if there's any truth to the "wall street journal." >> our options were not limited. >> is there any truth to the story in "the wall street journal"? >> no. >> secretary kerry in the same article, "the delay in providing arms to the opposition in part reflexes a broader u.s. approach rarely discussed publicly will but that underpins its decision making according to current and former u.s. officials, the current administration doesn't want to tip the balance in favor of the opposition for fear the outcome may be even worse for u.s. interests than the current stalemate." is that story accurate? >> no. >> thank you. can i add something, senator, on the warning issue, yog disagree with you about
secretary hagel, in the "wall street journal" today, we read the following "pentagon planners were stricted not to offer strike options that could help drive mr. assad from power. the big concern is the wrong groups in the opposition would be able to take advantage of it a senior military officer said. is there any truth to that. >> as i said, the president asked us for a range of options. >> i'm asking if there's any truth to the "wall street journal."...
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and the pentagon is going to be facing some very serious issues when it comes to with where do we cut? hagel will be able to go in there from the foot soldier's perspective from a legislator's perspective and a business perspective to be able to advise the president this is where we can pear back the billions of dollars that have to be cut and i think that's what john mccain is concerned about. >> isn't it odd here we are 13 years later he was the national co-chair for the 2000 campaign of john mccain? just a week ago we see john mccain basically carrying in the democrat, john kerry, to give the introduction for him to become secretary of state and, again, they all are brothers in arms of having served and being decorated war vets. it's interesting to see now when hagel comes in the first thing that comes up, the big sticking point, is the fact he did not stick with the ranks when it came to iraq in the surge. >> well, not only is it the international intervention issue that i was just talking about, but also the political issue. this would be probably the first republ republican outs
and the pentagon is going to be facing some very serious issues when it comes to with where do we cut? hagel will be able to go in there from the foot soldier's perspective from a legislator's perspective and a business perspective to be able to advise the president this is where we can pear back the billions of dollars that have to be cut and i think that's what john mccain is concerned about. >> isn't it odd here we are 13 years later he was the national co-chair for the 2000 campaign...
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one is normal discipline and looseness in the pentagon on these kinds of things. i was in the white house right when the obama administration began, and we were developing the new strategy for iraq and afghanistan, and i remember the moment when the first leak came out of central command at the time on what plans the u.s. had four various options. at the time force 2 and raised it to senior white house people and said if you do not do with this now, with some pretty serious as a team to the pentagon, then you will have a bigger problem on your hands, not that it is possible to control it, but that was my naÏve attempt at the time to do so. there is a discipline are, but also deliberately gain we know from the white house on some of these things. in that case, their intent was to try to send messages to various audiences. i say there are three audiences that are important. assad, we are, going to do this limited operation, we are not going d, so chill out because we do not want to get involved. the second audience is russia, and here the question was we do not wan
one is normal discipline and looseness in the pentagon on these kinds of things. i was in the white house right when the obama administration began, and we were developing the new strategy for iraq and afghanistan, and i remember the moment when the first leak came out of central command at the time on what plans the u.s. had four various options. at the time force 2 and raised it to senior white house people and said if you do not do with this now, with some pretty serious as a team to the...
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the pentagon came up with its first military options for the u.s. and syria, the range of actions including training opposition, creating no-fly zones, and taking control of the government's chemical weapons. the united states welcomes the european union decision to blacklist of the hezbollah military wing. a terrorist group on monday. firefighters and soldiers have been deployed in china after two powerful earthquakes killed 90 people. hundreds more were injured after the quake struck the city. more than 30,000 people have been instructed to leave their homes. >> the sound of rocks rolling beneath the ground, two earthquakes one and a half hours apart. the first had a magnitude of 6.6. the second, 5.6. the epicenter is about 500 kilometers southwest of beijing, but the worst damage is happened in the outlying villages. had little victims warning. the village is so remote it took rescuers many hours to reach them. woundede have held this person, but two others were crushed and have to be immediately sent to the hospital at the foot of the mountain f
the pentagon came up with its first military options for the u.s. and syria, the range of actions including training opposition, creating no-fly zones, and taking control of the government's chemical weapons. the united states welcomes the european union decision to blacklist of the hezbollah military wing. a terrorist group on monday. firefighters and soldiers have been deployed in china after two powerful earthquakes killed 90 people. hundreds more were injured after the quake struck the...
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more detail than i had when i was doing planning in the pentagon. assad as a result now has a wonderful amount of time to prepare fully for what he thinks is coming and what we think is coming. as i tweeted a few minutes after the president's announcement, i said certainly assad will be moving in with her units into civilian neighborhoods. that is what i would do. and moving civilians into military areas. i think we have seen some reporting of that since then. i think the ideal effect -- i think about this -- what do you want assad to take away from this operation when it is done? you want him hunkering down in his bunker, bombs all over the place for a sustained terrifying period of time. the reason you want that is so it will never think about doing it again. you want him coming away not even thinking about the possibility of resorting to weapons of mass destruction again. at this point, from what we understand, he probably knows, i have nothing to fear. i am just going to hunker down and when this is over, i am going to come back out. my view is,
more detail than i had when i was doing planning in the pentagon. assad as a result now has a wonderful amount of time to prepare fully for what he thinks is coming and what we think is coming. as i tweeted a few minutes after the president's announcement, i said certainly assad will be moving in with her units into civilian neighborhoods. that is what i would do. and moving civilians into military areas. i think we have seen some reporting of that since then. i think the ideal effect -- i...
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investigation and another part thing that whether it's all just the pentagon's plan b. so do let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to our team dot com. our snowden's revelations that the u.s. have been spying on its european allies could have a bearing on the political race in germany where there is an election in just under a month chancellor angela merkel's main rival is promising to freeze trade talks with the united states until it comes clean on its espionage programs if he's elected more for marty's been all over in berlin. what the head of the leader of the s.t.p. and the only real candidate who has a chance of challenging angle a merkel in the in the upcoming elections what he said is that should he become chancellor well he'll put the brakes on ongoing talks on a a free trade agreement between the u.s. and the e.u. now these are trade talks that have moved at a pretty pace at the best of times and they are potentially worth multiple billions of dollars worth of money to both sides but there are sticking points and it's what he said during an in
investigation and another part thing that whether it's all just the pentagon's plan b. so do let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to our team dot com. our snowden's revelations that the u.s. have been spying on its european allies could have a bearing on the political race in germany where there is an election in just under a month chancellor angela merkel's main rival is promising to freeze trade talks with the united states until it comes clean on its espionage programs if...
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kevin, a national security speech, so many people have to sign off because there are diplomatic, the pentagon, state department, intelligence community have to clear basically what the president, they have to feel comfortable with what he's saying. >> also, as we've seen, so many circumstances have changed just today in the last 12 hours the president has to put a frame that leaves viable options. one is if these diplomatic over tours by the french and russians, they don't materialize, should he need to go back to congress for authorization. >> we're moments away from the start of the president's speech. guys, don't go too far away. anderson, back to you. >>> the opposition, the free syrian army calls the proposal to get syria to hand over the chemical weapons nothing but a stalling tactic. now a lot of people are questioning just how realistic, even how doable this idea is. you heard former weapons inspector david kay this evening talking about it. i want to drill down on this because the more we learn about it. the phonier the issue sounds. our chief national security correspond dan corresp
kevin, a national security speech, so many people have to sign off because there are diplomatic, the pentagon, state department, intelligence community have to clear basically what the president, they have to feel comfortable with what he's saying. >> also, as we've seen, so many circumstances have changed just today in the last 12 hours the president has to put a frame that leaves viable options. one is if these diplomatic over tours by the french and russians, they don't materialize,...